Not sure many would agree with 50%. Although this is like saying "he could get a lifetime contract and never come close to .500 in conference." Just chalk this one up to the typical over exaggeration with more focus on shining a spotlight on your feeling that he is a horrible coach rather than fact. I like discussing things from a more realistic perspective. I feel as though he is probably in the 25-50 range in overall head coaching role. Not many known commodities available so I think if a move were to be made this year it would be an up and comer. I don't see Crean getting fired this year so that could change next year.
I think both teams play loose tonight. I don't see us being scared of them or what they did to us last year. Different team. Plus we are at home where we play loose.
Honestly not being a jerk but I don't recall him saying if we missed tourney or early exit his seat would be hot. I agree they should be. I remember him saying we must compete for B1G titles and that would take care of the rest. Right now we are in 2nd place. Even if we lost our next two we would be in top four. I just see him as a lawyer that would say we were right there til the end. IMO any less than 14 wins this year is disappointing. I said that before B1G started and people thought I was nuts that we could never get there. I think most agree we should be aiming for that now.